do you still use instant messengers

[Snowy]

I used to use AIM all the time, now I only ever use my phone or iPod to get on and I hardly ever chat with anyone unless I need to ask them something or they tell me to get on.

[Thyme]

never have

[6M69I69B9]

i haven't in like three years

[Socks]

i only ever used AIM and as of late i can't even bother to sign on, partly because i have forgotten about it, partly because it reminds of me of clucky. good times, i miss talking to snorkel all high and shit, conversing with echo about the universe, and generally discussing life.

what's this face book chat for you suckers?

writing and written messages are possibly the best medium for expression.

[Classic]

Rarely. It's used mainly to work on my projects. Even then, most places I go to just use the PM function.

[Tomboh]

I'm still on Pidgin a good amount because Zyphet and Lawlz won't get a fucking Skype account

[LCK]

I haven't used a formal im application in what seems like years, aside from the integrated Facebook chat. Im bad at conversing through im I feel like I'm so frigging awkward :'(

[Andria]

If I am home and online, I am on aim. So yes, I use them quite a lot.

My best friends use it a lot too so we're always chatting about something and it's easier than being on facebook/texting constantly

[Wrench]

Nope. Not unless Facebook counts.

[[hedy]Zidone]

Yes.

I do have a Skype account, but AIM through Pidgin is still about a quadrillion times more convenient on and off of Windows than the auto-updating Skype client. As far as I know, there's no long-term alternative that doesn't require the Skype client to be running anyways.

also i would rather use e-mail than facebook

[ncba93ivyase]

Yes.

I do have a Skype account, but AIM through Pidgin is still about a quadrillion times more convenient on and off of Windows than the auto-updating Skype client. As far as I know, there's no long-term alternative that doesn't require the Skype client to be running anyways.

also i would rather use e-mail than facebook

uh skype doesn't auto-update for me

although i'm running an old-ass version of it because new versions are shit, and maybe they didn't have auto-update at that point


also tomboh i don't use skype to talk to internet friends because i only use it with certain real life people. i don't want people like you distracting me

[snoorkel]

I think I am less akward using internet chat than speaking in real life... . and definitely less awkward than phones

[YPrrrr]

I think I am less akward using internet chat than speaking in real life... . and definitely less awkward than phones

I agree with this 100%

I hate phones, and writing is much easier than talking

[Samus Aran]

i have no trouble talking to boyagers with my voice, whether it be in g+, stream, or on the phone

it's really no different for me from text

but that's just boyagers

[Socks]

I think I am less akward using internet chat than speaking in real life... . and definitely less awkward than phones

I agree with this 100%

I hate phones, and writing is much easier than talking

Yes I agree and demonstrate both of these. However, if I get to know you sufficiently well over a long and natural period of time, not in a night with a stranger, then I will be just as comfortable communicating with you in any medium and or subject. Unforced, of course.  

Also I don't pick up phones. When it rings at home I just let it ring and feel instant rage as that sound pierces straight to my alert area so I feel inclined and I must consciously and painfully override that and try to enjoy my fucking peace which i am entitled do god damn it! And then when I do pick it, up, I am like uh, yeah, what's up, bye. Cellphones, forget it, unless i know exactly who you are and like you.